Regional Commercial Director

The Vacancy

We have a new opportunity for a Regional Commercial Director to join our Wates team within our Property Services business unit. You will be working out of one of our Birmingham offices reporting into the Commercial Director, you will provide strategic support as well as lead the commercial team on all matters relating to procurement, strategy, risk management, pre and post contract as well as margin improvement and people development.

You will join an experienced team to cover all regional commercial activities across Central and North England.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Full responsibility for profitability of projects across the region
• Take responsibility for developing, leading and implementing the project commercial strategy
• Take responsibility for staff allocation and resource planning
• Ensure compliance with Wates governance
• Ensure all H&S strategies are effectively communicated to the Commercial Team
• To provide independent and effective challenge to the business, to focus on early warning and intervention, and to ensure that the Wates Group commercial objectives, Professional Standards and governance are always implemented

To be successful in the role you will be an effective communicator with excellent leadership skills to influence at all levels and to deliver profitable results whilst also inspiring and developing the team to engage and deliver. You will also have previously managed housing maintenance projects across multiple sites.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Please make your current line manager aware that you are interested in this internal opportunity before applying. One of the Recruitment Team will be in contact to discuss the role in more detail and advise of the next step.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.